Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Yikes! I can't believe that it's the last Royal Kat Wednesday of the year! Holly cow, where did the time go?? Hopefully you arrived here from the WIS site. If not, get on back to the beginning and see what you've missed! Not only is it the last RKW for the year, but the last in the foreseeable future. We're moving the hops to Monday and Tuesday on 2010 and I'll be posting on Monday instead. So mom and my other blog reader, look for me then! HA!

Anywho, today's task was to use the spotlight technique. Basically you spotlight a portion of the image. Pretty self explanatory. Grin.... I used my Frozen Dragon to for this one.

I colored him with copics and highlighted his face by punching it out and matting it with a red circle. I punched out a few snow flakes for a little embellishment and bling. This was a super easy and fun technique. You also may notice that my picture isn't all yellow and dark. Could it be that I was on the ball and finished my post ahead of time and was able to take a picture while it was still light out? Nope! Kev got me a light tent for Christmas and I am SO excited! Tools to assist with procrastination! YEAH!!! (just kidding, really, it makes nicer pictures too...)

So, before you head out, there is a HUGE sale going on right now, you get 40% off past kits, 40% off ALL stamps and a free personalized stamp. Holly cow! That's an awesome deal! I would go shopping with that extra Christmas money if I were you!

Now, your time with me is really over, so scoot on over to Nina and see what sorts of awesome she has waiting for you!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Gack, can you believe that Christmas is next week?? Where has December gone? Thankfully I am pretty much done with Christmas shopping. All the packages are packed, wrapped and mailed off. Kev's presents are tucked away waiting to be wrapped. The trees are up, and I might actually make a cookie or two. Crazy huh???

So, I've been in a bit of a funk lately and in an attempt to cheer me up, Kev took me to see Phantom of the Opera last night. Now. my musician hubby DESPISES Andrew Lloyd Weber. Despise being a kind word... needless to say I was pretty excited! It's been at least 10 years since the last time I'd seen the show and the touring company that came to Durham was fantastic! The singers were quite excellent and Kev had a good time! The final verdict was that the first act was much better than anticipated and the second act was as bad/a little worse than anticipated. Overall he said it was slightly better than expected. A success in my book!

So, to celebrate last night's success, how about a few Christmas cards? I made these 2 a while ago using some Hero Arts stamps from Archivers.

The designer paper is from Basic Grey, I believe from the Eskimo Kisses line. I stamped the image in Ripe Avocado ink. Then I colored the balls with a Copic marker. For a little extra glitter I added some gold accents with a gold Spicia pen.

Again with the Hero ares birdy who I colored with my Copics. It's hard to tell from the picture but the leaves in the paper are kind of a sage / light blue color. That's why I paired it with Aqua Mist paper and ribbon from PTI. It's really cute in person and this one went to my grandma!

Alrighty, I think I want to make some peanut butter balls. Wish me luck!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Happy Wednesday!! How's your holiday preparations been going? I think I'm finally done with the family, now to wrap and mail them off! Any who, welcome to the QKD blog hop! Hopefully you arrived here via the WIS blog. If not, head on back to the beginning and check out what you've missed! Today's theme was to make a creation using blue, white and grey.

I again used my frozen dragon stamp! Isn't he cute?? I colored him with my Copics and matted the image with grey paper. I'm not sure if you can tell, but the designer paper is flocked and is super soft to the touch. Add a few punched snowflakes and there you have it!

If you like this stamp, head on over to the store and take advantage of the awesome Cyber Sale35% off QKD Stamps30% off on all Past Kits(Good today through 12/25/09)(Excludes the separates line & personalized & custom stamps)

I hope you enjoyed your time here! Now, go see Anessa and she what she has for you!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

WHAT??? Wednesday again? My how the time flies!! Hopefully you've arrived here from Bev's blog, If not, head on back to the beginning and see what the team has waiting for you this week!

For this project we had a lovely sketch to play with. Sometimes I have trouble "staying within the lines" so, um I took a little artistic license with this one.

I used the Frozen Dragon stamp which is brand new this month and colored him withCopics to match the sparkly paper that I picked up this evening. Since the dragon looked so cold, I figured he must have been standing in snow so I used white puff paint to make my drifts. To finish it off, I added a Happy Holidays rub-on. I really debated adding the strip on the side as the sketch call for, but I didn't want to cover up any more of the paper. (Also, please pardon the lighting. It's pretty late here and the natural light has been gone for HOURS.)

Well, that's all for me, Your next stop is Anessa! Go see what she has waiting for you!Enjoy!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Hey all, can you believe that it's December already?? I sure can't! I do have all of the Christmas decorations sitting in boxes in the kitchen. The kitties can't stay out of the artificial tree box. Ugh, it's still in the box, I can't imagine what they'll do once I get it up... Well, really it's just Luger, he's still a bit hyper and this is his first Christmas... Someone save me...

So, how about a little Christmas card to get me in the mood? I used the Giga Guidelines set from PTI for the background and stamped it using Baja Breeze.

I then stamped the ornaments with Baja Breeze and the sentiments are stamped with SU! Basic Grey. I layered the Basic Grey paper and I added a scalloped edge of grey as well. Then I added a bow and ribbon. There is a whole lot of business going on with this card and I just love the way this one turned out!

I have to get working on some projects for a craft show next week. I have a pile of half finished Santa heads here and I'd better get working!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Welcome again to Royal Kat Wednesday!! Today is a very special Wednesday, why? It's release day!! Hooray for release day!!! Hopefully you've arrived here via Sierra Granny's blog. If not, head on back to the beginning and see what you've missed!

This month I got to play with the new Frozen Dragon stamp. She is adorable!! and so fun for this time of the year!

I colored my dragon with my Copics to match this fun designer paper from Cosmo Cricket. The paper was my color inspiration. After coloring I attached her to a cutout from my Slice machine and added some glitter to the edge. I used my Slice again for the sentiment. I just adore these non-traditional Christmas colors, don't you??

Now before you go, we have a little sale for you cyber shoppers, Cyber Days Shipping Sale!! Save on shipping rates!!!Spend $20 get $2 shipping...Spend $50 get FREE Shipping...Spend $100 get FREE shipping & a FREE stamp set!(Good today through 12/2/09)

Seriously, how awesome is that? Love this stamp? Go get you one and one for a friend too!! So, head on over Anessa and see what awesomeness she has waiting for you!! Enjoy!!

About Me

Hi all! My DH and I live with our 3 cats in NC. I work FT as a sales trainer and I began paper crafting almost 3 years ago and wanted a place to show off all my "stuff". Here you'll find card makin's, pictures of stuff I see and my thoughts and observations on a wide variety of topics. Enjoy!